Presenter, author and broadcaster Jeremy Vine has been named as a Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, and will support the charity's fundraising work nationwide.

Vine follows celebrities including Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and Stephen Hawking in becoming a Patron of the charity, and commented 'The MND Association does brilliant work for people who have been struck down by one of the most debilitating illnesses ever known. I am absolutely delighted – and incredibly humbled - to come on board as the charity’s Patron.... I look forward to doing what I can to help in the future, both on a national and local level'.